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The character 眙 is a phono-semantic compound, combining the semantic radical 目 (mù, eye) with the phonetic component 台 (tái). Its original meaning was to gaze or stare fixedly, with the eye radical clearly indicating the visual nature of the action. In modern Chinese, the character is obsolete as a standalone verb and is known almost exclusively as part of the place name 盱眙 (Xūyí), a county in Jiangsu province renowned for its crayfish.
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